Filipenses 4

Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)

Filipenses 4:3

Now some have been foolish enough to suppose that the yokefellow was his wife, not considering that when he wrote to the Corinthians he reckoned himself among the unmarried. … So the yokefellow is so called because he bore the same yoke of piety. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 4.3

Filipenses 4:18

"You gave to Epaphroditus," Paul says, "and Epaphroditus gave to me, and God himself received the sacrifice through me." Their praise is enhanced by their poverty. They were not prosperous when they sent their gifts but trapped in the utmost poverty. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 4.18

Filipenses 4:19

Their gifts are like an aroma of sacrifice, a sacrifice acceptable and well-pleasing to God. Paul prays that the givers will also be recipients of necessities for the present life. He prays that "God will supply every need of yours." And there is nothing absurd in asking this blessing on them. For the Lord himself in the holy Gospels bids us say "give us our daily bread." — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 4.19

Filipenses 4:20

Here he praises the Father alone, whereas elsewhere he praises the Son alone. … He does not divide the Son from the Father or the Father from the Son. He offers the hymn to the divine nature as a whole. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 4.20

Filipenses 4:21

Not everyone who calls himself a saint is a saint but only the one who believes in the Lord Jesus and lives according to his teaching. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 4.21

Filipenses 4:23

The letter to the Philippians was sent from Rome by the hand of Epaphroditus. — EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 4.23